Aphaenogaster mariae
Appearance
Aphaenogaster mariae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
Species: | A. mariae
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Binomial name | |
Aphaenogaster mariae Forel, 1886
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Aphaenogaster mariae is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4] It nests in dead branches or beneath live bark of oak trees. Male specimens of this species were only discovered in 2021. The species is found in the eastern United States. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aphaenogaster mariae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Aphaenogaster mariae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Aphaenogaster mariae species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Kirchner, Michelle; Bertone, Matthew; Blaimer, Bonnie B.; Youngsteadt, Elsa (2023-11-16). "Colony Structure and Redescription of Males in the Rarely Collected Arboreal Ant, Aphaenogaster mariae Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 125 (1). Entomological Society of Washington. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.125.1.77. ISSN 0013-8797.
Further reading
[edit]- Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Aphaenogaster mariae at Wikimedia Commons